Tobacco-elevator



no Model-J D. MAY, Jr.

TOBAOGO ELEVATOR.

No. 247,381. Patented Sept. 20,1881

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WITNESSES INVNTOR ATTdRN EYS N. PETERS. PMoL-ilhznzphr. Wahington. v. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID MAY, J 13., OF PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA.

TOBACCO-ELEVATO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 247,381, dated. September 20, 1881.

Application filed July 23, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID MAY, Jr., a citizen of the United States, resident of Petersburg, in the county of Dinwi ddie and State of Virginia, haveinvented anew and valuable Improvement in Tobacco-Hoisters; and I do hereby declare that the following isafull,clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part ofthis specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a perspective view of my invention, and Fig. 2 is a detail of the same.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for elevating tobacco into barns; and it consists in the construction and novel arrange ment of parts, as hereinafter set forth.

In the annexed drawings, the letter a represents a truck, on top of which is firmly secured a frame, I), carrying at its upper portion a socket, c. Seated in this socket is the stud d of a rotating bearing-block, e, from which rises the postf, carrying at its top the sheave g. Held adjustablyon this post by a loop is a carrier, h, which consists of a board, It, from which project at right angles the arms I, hav- I ing the rests m. A rope, it, runs from this carrier over the sheave g and down within convenient distance.

In using this device the sticks having the tobacco hung on them are placed on the carrier in the rests m, as shown in the drawings. The truck is then run under the tiers in the barn, the sticks being parallel with the beams, when the carrier is raised until the tobacco is clear above said beams. The post, with its carrier, is then turned by means of a handle, q, the stud d working in the socket 0, until the sticks are crosswise of the beams, when the carrier is lowered and the sticks allowed to rest on the beams. The carrier itself, being shorter than the distance between the beams, can be readily lowered from the sticks.

What I claim is- The combination of socket c, bearing-block e, carrying-postf, carrier h, sheave g, and rope n, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

' DAVID MAY, JR.

Witnesses JOHN J. HAWKINS, WILLIAM H. UzzELL. 

